| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » THE PARIS OPERA BALLET: Six Ballets | | | | | | | Description: | | Wonder Boy of the world dance scene Patrick Dupond, Claude De Vulpian, and Noella Pontois, the epitome of a French ballerina, highlight this special program that features music by renowned composers such as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Dmitri Shostakovich and Giacomo Meyerbeer. Sure to delight and impress Ballet fans everywhere, this stellar DVD features a selection of works choreographed by Nobert Schmucki especially for the stars of the Paris Opera Ballet, France's premiere Ballet Company.The Paris Opera Ballet Company is celebrated around the world for their beautiful and elegance dancing, and is known as the cradle of classical ballet, having functioned without interruption since 1713. Stemming from a tradition of over 300 years (created as the Academie Royale de La Danse in 1661), The Paris Opera Ballet inhabits the largest theatre building in the world, L'Opera de Paris. The Company now has over 160 dancers (second only to the Bolshoi) and supports a school that trains the outstanding young talents of the Company. Selections include:
1. TCHAIKOVSKY BALLET
Featuring Fabienne Cerutti, Isabelle Cividino, Danielle Doussard, Carole Lagache, Kader Belarbi, Lionel Delanoe, Thierry Mongne, Felix Vivian
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2. DELTA T
Featuring Isabelle Cividino and Kader Belarbi
Music: Orthodox Russian Chants 3. EPHEMERA
Featuring Claude de Vulpian
Music by Manuel Valera 4. PAILLETTES
Featuring Felix Vivian and Danielle Doussard
Music by Dmitri Shostakovich 5. THE ICE SKATERS
Featuring Isabelle Cividino, Felix Vivian and Danielle Doussard
Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer 6. THE BLACK SWAN (SWAN LAKE)
Featuring Noella Pontois and Patrick Dupond
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky DVD Bonus Features
Bonus Video: The White Swan from the DVD: Paris Opera Ballet: Seven Ballet
Dolby Stereo Audio
Digitally Re-Mastered Audio & Video
Instant Access to the Dances
DVD Recommendations | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Patrick Dupond, Noella Pontois, Sylvie Guillem, Claude De Vulpian, Isabelle Cividino | | Director:
| Jean C. Henin | | Format:
| Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, HiFi Sound, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| V.I.E.W. Video | | Run Time:
| 60 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| August 19, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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13 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 Very Low ResolutionFeb 02, 2010
By Nelson
I don't know what they did to the video. The effective resolution is no better than 160x100. The dancing is on par with other POB performances but the video transfer failed to show that.
The video is watchable on my computer in a small window. Watching it on a modern HDTV would make you wonder if your TV is broken! The dancers are great but you can't see them clearly to fully enjoy the program.
I guess the advance of the modern TV has made the older videos like this one unwatchable. Very sad.
Performance : 4
Video Quality: 1
I rented this DVD from Netflix. I would not want to own it. Owning this Blu-ray disc, Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake [Blu-ray], forever changed my expectation on what a good video can be. Sadly, this disc is far from it.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
excpected moreJan 16, 2010
By Tagi Ibragimov
"Yana Polshina"
I have many ballet performances in my collection. Mostly Russian ballet. Quality of this film is poor .I expected more colors -better stage design. Why dancers perform classical pieces in modern or may rehearsal type of costumes? I couldn't even finish watching it. Cover photo on DVD box is too promising.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
The SelectionsJan 22, 2010
By Ralph E. Schooley
The Six Ballets together with the length of each:
1. Tchaikovsky Ballet [7:16]
2. Delta T [13:35]
3. Ephemera [8:11]
4. Paillettes [5:55]
5. The Ice Skaters [11:19]
6. The Black Swan [10:05]
Bonus selection:
The White Swan - From the DVD "Paris Opera Ballet: Seven Ballets"
"The Black Swan" from Swan Lake is danced by Patrick Dupond and Noëlla Pontois; "Ephemera" was composed by Manuel Valera and is danced by Claude de Vulpian; "The Ice Skaters" was composed by Meyerbeer and is danced by Isabelle Cividino, Daniele Doussard, and Felix Vivian.
 A Pleasant SurpriseJul 08, 2011
By The McMurrough
I bought this in 1985 on VHS format, then tossed it when I converted to DVD. I remember enjoying Felix Vivian in Pallettes and in The Ice Skaters so I rented the DVD. It was a mess -- so dark it was nearly impossible to see what was going on.
However, I decided to purchase the DVD anyway because Felix Vivian's performance were so fantastic that I wanted them, and while too dark they were watchable.
The DVD I bought says "digitally remastered". The picture was still a bit to dark, but the dancers were somehow lighted up and the who DVD was very enjoyable, and I am totally satisified.
But ---- I am not going to take a chance on POB's Seven Ballets. Rented that one and it was totally unwatchable.
4 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 rggJun 05, 2009
By Rena B. Garcia
"RBG"
The Paris Opera has got to be the best ballet company in the world. There dancers are so fluid in their movement. Awesome.
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